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South America Quiz 1
In this South America activity, students complete short answer questions on the rivers, countries, sports, and more about South America. Students complete 10 short answer questions.
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Geography of South America
Student's identify geographic features of a South American map. They use the scale of the map to calculate distances between points. They identify examples of the five geographic themes on the map of South America.
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Rivers, Maps, and Math
Learners use maps to locate and label the major rivers of North and South America. Using the internet, they identify forests, grasslands, mountain ranges and other landforms on the continents as well. They compare and contrast the...
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Meso-America
Students will identify and locate Central and South America and their countries and features, as well as Meso-American civilizations. Students will compare civilizations and discuss voyages of relevant explorers.
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Stopping Deforestation in the Amazon: A Publicity Campaign
Young scholars investigate the environment by designing a group project. In this ecology lesson, students identify the man made threats to the Amazon while reading environmentally conscience vocabulary terms. Young scholars...
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Amazon Rainforest Unit
Students study the Amazon Rainforest. In this geography skills lesson, students complete assigned textbook reading on the region and then complete an Internet activity that requires them to identify countries in the region as well as...
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A Geography and Ecology Lesson for Grades 4-7
Students explore many of the unusual geographical features of the Amazon River region, and explain the importance of preserving the tropical rainforest.
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Regions of South America
Students explore facts about South America in the four lessons of this unit. Booklets are created from the materials produced as the class delves into the topic.
Global Oneness Project
Bearing Witness
A controversial construction project in South America, the Belo Monte dam, is endangering local cultures, ecosystems, and communities. High schoolers create a concept map based on an online article they read before engaging in...
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Unit 5 - Food
Students study the biodiversity existing in the Amazon rainforest. In this Amazon biodiversity lesson, students study diagrams, maps, and information about the biodiversity in the Amazon.
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Central And South America And Their Ancient Civilizations
Fifth graders listen to lectures on the ancient civilizations of the Aztecs, Incas and Mayans. They construct a mask base and then decorate it in thirds with symbols meaningful to each of the three cultures being studied.
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Adaptations-What a Concept
Students study the pink river dolphin and how it has adapted to its environment. In this adaptations lesson students construct a map that represents certain relationships.
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Water Walks
In this Amazon Rainforest worksheet, students read a story about a girl named Faela who lives in the Amazon Rainforest. The story includes pictures, and there are 7 questions throughout the story that students are to answer as they read.
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Metric Units of Mass
In this metric measurements activity, students use the table for the 'River Dolphins' and their metric masses for the calves and adults. Students use the table to solve the six problems.
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What is Deforestation?
An overview of deforestation is the focus of this resource, which present the reader with a list of facts. Ten comprehension questions follow; learners can write their answers on a separate piece of paper. Have your environmental...
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Geography Worksheet
In this geography skills worksheet, students respond to 14 short answer questions by using maps and atlases. The maps and atlases are not included.
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Capitalization and Punctuation Worksheet 2
In this grammar worksheet, students correct the punctuation and capitalization errors in fifteen sentences. Students check their answers when their done.
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Capitalization Practice
In this capitalization worksheet, learners circle capitalization errors and add end marks to sentences, capitalize proper nouns, and edit sentences to correct.
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Electric Eels
In this electric eels worksheet, students read about the special muscle cells called electroplaques found in electric eels. Then students complete 3 short answer questions.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: South America
Offers an overview of the continent of South America, featuring information about politics, geography, and population statistics. Click on the name of a country to discover more details.
Eduweb
Eduweb: Amazon Interactive
Games and activities help students explore the Ecuadorian Amazon. Learn about the rainforest and the Quichua people who call it home, and experiment with running a community-based ecotourism project along the Rio Napo.
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Science Kids: Science Images: Amazon River, South America
Spanning seven different countries in South America, the Amazon River is one of the longest rivers in the world. It reaches around 6400 kilometres (4000 miles) in length. This is a satellite image showing the mouths of the Amazon River...
PBS
Pbs Frontline: Jewel of the Amazon
Description of what the discovery of diamonds and the ensuing black market and illegal mining has done to the Amazon Basin of Brazil.
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Pbs Teachers: Soil in the Amazon
Compare plants grown in simulated Amazon soil to those grown in soil prepared by the slash-and-burn method. Describe leaf development in plants grown in different soils and chart, average and graph plant growth by height